Provide
support to the Executive Director and Board of Directors in the management
of this industry organization. Maintain website content up-to-date.
Responsible for layout and some content of newsletter. Provided logistical
coordination for ECSGA’s stand selling raw and fried shellfish at the
Milford Oyster Festival (2005-2012), the Long Island Fall Festival (2010)
and the Maryland Seafood Festival (2011).

Responsible for coordinating all education programs including the hiring and
training of staff, client service etc.

The
School for Field Studies, Salem, MA August 2001 – January 2004

Academic Liaison

Responsible for networking with institutional colleagues and faculty members
to generate support for SFS on college campuses, expanding the number of
schools and institutions referring students, leading the on-campus
recruitment efforts and encouraging the development of new initiatives with
campus partners.

The World Bank, Washington, DC November 1997 - August 2001

Program Assistant Nov. 1998 - Aug. 2001

Member of Human Resources Team serving the Environmentally and Socially
Sustainable Development Network.

Worked as Long Term Consultant on Human Resources Team serving the Poverty
Reduction Network and the Economic Development Division. Administered job
postings and provided general office management.

Office Assistant Nov. 1997 - Apr. 1998

Worked on assignment from Best Temporaries for the Human Resources Team
serving the Poverty Reduction Network and the Latin American and Caribbean
Division.

The School for Field Studies / Boston University, Boston, MA January -
September 1997

Resident Faculty / Lecturer

Taught Natural Resource Management to college undergraduates and directed
them in research in public participation in environmental planning, in
fisheries and in water quality analysis, as part of an environmental field
study program at the School for Field Studies Center for Wetland Studies,
Puerto San Carlos, BCS, Mexico.

Aquatecnics, L.L.C., Milford, CT

Member August 1995 – present

Provided consulting services to various clients and on government grants
related to shellfish aquaculture.

Cultivos Marinos Internacionales, Caldera, Chile
1990
- 1995

Director of Community Relations and Training 1995

Used communications skills to develop public exhibits and tours, produce the
company brochure and serve as liaison between the company and a technical
high school job experience program. Wrote general training protocol for
company and standard operating procedures for hatchery, interpreting HAACP /
ISO 9000 guidelines.

Hatchery Manager 1991 - 1994

Supervised 35 employees, developed and implemented work schedule which
minimized overtime and maintained average monthly production of ten million
5-mm “seed” scallops.

Chief, Micro-algal Section 1990 - 1991

Designed algal culture facilities, hired staff, ordered equipment and
established micro-algal (food) production for new hatchery. Consistently
provided sufficient food for a monthly production of fifty million newly set
scallops.

Gave lectures, appeared on television, met with legislators, wrote fact
sheets and articles etc. in order to translate the results of the scientific
studies on the water quality of Long Island Sound for the fifteen million
people who live in its watershed and their elected representatives, so that
they might be able to make informed decisions.

Schooner, Inc., New Haven, CT 1986 - 1988

Staff Scientist

Taught marine science to groups of all ages on board a sailing vessel, on
coastal field trips and in classroom presentations including many live
animal exhibits.

Metcalf & Eddy, Wakefield, MA 1982 - 1985

Biologist

Prepared environmental impact reports for marine discharges, coordinated
sampling trips, supervising field staff including divers, and developed a
database of 50,000 Boston Harbor environmental data points, training
researchers to identify and extract data from reports and to input the data
into the database; ensured data quality.

Received an “Extra Effort Employee Award” for maintaining “esprit de corps”
during a particularly rigorous sampling program as Lead Scientist on a
sampling cruise while at Metcalf & Eddy, 1984.

Taught four ten-week “Coastal Ecology of New England” courses for 30
students per session through the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, using
classroom lectures and field trips, 1979 - 1982. (paid)

Avid and accomplished birder (carry my binoculars everywhere.)

Author of twenty technical reports, more than 200 newsletter articles and
two magazine articles.